Opened: <=1916 as RNAS Freiston Shores
Closed: 1920
Airfield code: X0FR
Units base here:
RNAS Armament Training School :: - 1 Apr 1918
redesignated
No 4 School of Aerial Fighting :: 1 Apr 1918 - 1920
redesignated
4 Fighting School
Freiston served as an RNAS base during the Great War, closing in 1920.
Captain Alfred Williams Carter was Officer Commanding, Detached Flight,
Freiston Air Station, awarded the Distinguished Service Cross on the Western
Front serving with, among others, 210
Sqn.
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